- A massive open online course (MOOC) is a model
for delivering learning content online to any person who wants
to take a course, with no conditions on attendance. Unlike
traditional courses, MOOCs require additional skills, provided
by videographers, instructional designers, IT specialists and
platform specialists. Over the past few years several
Universities facilitated partnership with MOOCs providers
and are building MOOC courses, to serve as e-Iearning
versions of their courses. Despite all the advantages offered by
the MOOC courses, the current statistics show that only a very
limited number of registered learners are completing the
course. And the vast majority are stopping learning at an
early stage. The main reason can be found in the lack of
motivation of the students to pass the exams to become a
eertifieate, because universities do not accept the certifieates
for credits.
The aim of this paper is to study the readiness of students to
take MOOC courses on one hand and the acceptance of
MOOC courses in Universities. A study is conducted on two
Universities, Hasselt University, Belgium and Princess Sumaya
University for Technology, Jordan. The results of the study
are promising, as they suggest that such virtual study
programs are accepted in both Universities. However,
professors in both Universities elucidate coneerns on accepting
the equivalence of the MOOC courses to their own courses.